Survival in multiple myeloma and SARS-COV-2 infection through the COVID-19 pandemic : Results from the EPICOVIDEHA registry

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Patients affected by multiple myeloma (MM) have an increased risk of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus type 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection and subsequent coronavirus (20)19 disease (COVID-19)-related death. The changing epidemiological and therapeutic scenarios suggest that there has been an improvement in severity and survival of COVID-19 during the different waves of the pandemic in the general population, but this has not been investigated yet in MM patients. Here we analyzed a large cohort of 1221 patients with MM and confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection observed between February 2020, and August 2022, in the EPICOVIDEHA registry from 132 centers around the world. Median follow-up was 52 days for the entire cohort and 83 days for survivors. Three-hundred and three patients died (24%) and COVID-19 was the primary reason for death of around 89% of them. Overall survival (OS) was significantly higher in vaccinated patients with both stable and active MM versus unvaccinated, while only a trend favoring vaccinated patients was observed in subjects with responsive MM. Vaccinated patients with at least 2 doses showed a better OS than those with one or no vaccine dose. Overall, according to pandemic waves, mortality rate decreased over time from 34% to 10%. In multivariable analysis, age, renal failure, active disease, hospital, and intensive care unit admission, were independently associated with a higher number of deaths, while a neutrophil count above 0.5 × 109 /L was found to be protective. This data suggests that MM patients remain at risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection even in the vaccination era, but their clinical outcome, in terms of OS, has progressively improved throughout the different viral phases of the pandemic.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:42

Enthalten in:

Hematological oncology - 42(2024), 1 vom: 10. Jan., Seite e3240

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Musto, Pellegrino [VerfasserIn]
Salmanton-García, Jon [VerfasserIn]
Sgherza, Nicola [VerfasserIn]
Bergantim, Rui [VerfasserIn]
Farina, Francesca [VerfasserIn]
Glenthøj, Andreas [VerfasserIn]
Cengiz Seval, Guldane [VerfasserIn]
Weinbergerová, Barbora [VerfasserIn]
Bonuomo, Valentina [VerfasserIn]
Bilgin, Yavuz M [VerfasserIn]
van Doesum, Jaap [VerfasserIn]
Jaksic, Ozren [VerfasserIn]
Víšek, Benjamín [VerfasserIn]
Falces-Romero, Iker [VerfasserIn]
Marchetti, Monia [VerfasserIn]
Dávila-Valls, Julio [VerfasserIn]
Martín-Pérez, Sonia [VerfasserIn]
Nucci, Marcio [VerfasserIn]
López-García, Alberto [VerfasserIn]
Itri, Federico [VerfasserIn]
Buquicchio, Caterina [VerfasserIn]
Verga, Luisa [VerfasserIn]
Piukovics, Klára [VerfasserIn]
Navrátil, Milan [VerfasserIn]
Collins, Graham P [VerfasserIn]
Jiménez, Moraima [VerfasserIn]
Fracchiolla, Nicola S [VerfasserIn]
Labrador, Jorge [VerfasserIn]
Prezioso, Lucia [VerfasserIn]
Rossi, Elena [VerfasserIn]
Čolović, Natasha [VerfasserIn]
Meers, Stef [VerfasserIn]
Kulasekararaj, Austin [VerfasserIn]
Cuccaro, Annarosa [VerfasserIn]
Blennow, Ola [VerfasserIn]
Valković, Toni [VerfasserIn]
Sili, Uluhan [VerfasserIn]
Ledoux, Marie-Pierre [VerfasserIn]
Batinić, Josip [VerfasserIn]
Passamonti, Francesco [VerfasserIn]
Machado, Marina [VerfasserIn]
Duarte, Rafael F [VerfasserIn]
Poulsen, Christian Bjørn [VerfasserIn]
Méndez, Gustavo-Adolfo [VerfasserIn]
Espigado, Ildefonso [VerfasserIn]
Demirkan, Fatih [VerfasserIn]
Čerňan, Martin [VerfasserIn]
Cattaneo, Chiara [VerfasserIn]
Petzer, Verena [VerfasserIn]
Magliano, Gabriele [VerfasserIn]
Garcia-Vidal, Carolina [VerfasserIn]
El-Ashwah, Shaimaa [VerfasserIn]
Gomes-Da-Silva, Maria [VerfasserIn]
Vena, Antonio [VerfasserIn]
Ormazabal-Vélez, Irati [VerfasserIn]
van Praet, Jens [VerfasserIn]
Dargenio, Michelina [VerfasserIn]
De-Ramón, Cristina [VerfasserIn]
Del Principe, Maria Ilaria [VerfasserIn]
Marques-De-Almeida, Joyce [VerfasserIn]
Wolf, Dominik [VerfasserIn]
Szotkowski, Tomáš [VerfasserIn]
Obr, Aleš [VerfasserIn]
Çolak, Gökçe Melis [VerfasserIn]
Nordlander, Anna [VerfasserIn]
Izuzquiza, Macarena [VerfasserIn]
Cabirta, Alba [VerfasserIn]
Zambrotta, Giovanni Paolo Maria [VerfasserIn]
Cordoba, Raul [VerfasserIn]
Žák, Pavel [VerfasserIn]
Ammatuna, Emanuele [VerfasserIn]
Mayer, Jiří [VerfasserIn]
Ilhan, Osman [VerfasserIn]
García-Sanz, Ramón [VerfasserIn]
Quattrone, Martina [VerfasserIn]
Arellano, Elena [VerfasserIn]
Nunes-Rodrigues, Raquel [VerfasserIn]
Emarah, Ziad [VerfasserIn]
Aiello, Tommaso Francesco [VerfasserIn]
Hanakova, Michaela [VerfasserIn]
Ráčil, Zdeněk [VerfasserIn]
Bavastro, Martina [VerfasserIn]
Limongelli, Alessandro [VerfasserIn]
Rahimli, Laman [VerfasserIn]
Marchesi, Francesco [VerfasserIn]
Cornely, Oliver A [VerfasserIn]
Pagano, Livio [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

COVID-19
Hematological malignancy
Journal Article
Multiple myeloma
SARS-CoV-2

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Date Completed 31.01.2024

Date Revised 31.01.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1002/hon.3240

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM365413593